Rotary-door safe.



No. 793,072. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. H. D. HIBBA RD & W. M. STONE.

ROTARY DOOR SAFE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.19,1903

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UNITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY D. HIBBARD, OF .PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, AND W ILBUR MACEY STONE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, r SSIGNORS TO MANGANESE STEEL SAFE COMPANY, OF N EW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF N ElV JERSEY.

ROTARY-DOOR SAFE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 793,072, dated June 27, 1905.

Application filed August 19, 1903. Serial No. 169,963.

Be it known that we, HENRY DEMING Hm- BARD, residing at Plainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, and \VILBUR MAoEY STONE, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, citi- Zens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary- Door Safes, of which the following is a speci- I fication.

This invention relates to rotary or screw door safes or vaults, the object of the invention being to provide a safe or vault the door and body of which may be constructed of unmachineable or non-workable metal, while permitting the means for rotatively locking the door to the body to be formed of machineablc metal, and it is intended to cover a form of locking means somewhat ditferent from that 0 shown and described in the application of Henry 1). Hibbard, filed August 19, 1903, Serial No. 169,961, and the application of S.- Smith, filed August 25, 1903, Serial No. 170,670, and by means of which the objects and advantages set forth in said applications are obtained and a structure obtained in which the door cannot be separated from the body of the safe by pulling the door from the threaded locking means which holds such door 3 to the body, as has been the case when such locking means is secured by bolts or similar fastening devices to the door.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an improved organization of mechanism for preventing the rotation of the door after it is properly screwed home.

Figure 1 is avertical sectional view of a portion of this improved safe or vault and its door, the door being shown closed. Fig. 2 is 4 a detail view of one form of one of the locking members. Fig. 3 is a detail of another form of such locking member. Fig. 4: is a sectional View of a part of the safe with one of the locking members in position.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all figures.

It is not practicable from a commercial standpoint to form the interlocking faces or threads of a rotary door integral with the door and safe-body when such body and door are 5 formed of unmachineable or non-workable metal, not only because it is somewhat diliicult to work the threads, but also because the door cannot be ground to its seat by rotation in the jamb, since when turned to a certain point it cannot be turned further and since also the grinding-of the door will also grind the threads, thus wearing them to a certain extent and leaving the door somewhat loose, a very objectionable feature in burglar-proof safes. Therefore it is not only necessary that the parts upon which the locking faces or threads are formed be of maehineable metal and subsequently secured to the body and door, but it is also necessary that these parts be con- 5 nected to the body and door in such a manner that they cannot be separated therefrom by any force that may be exerted from the outside of the door as, for instance, by the use of high explosives. 7

1t has been demonstrated by actual tests that it is not practicable to secure a threadcarrying ring by means of bolts or similar fastening devices to the door or body, since the door can be quickly separated from the ring by using explosives to either strip the threads of the bolts or break the bolts off. It is therefore the object of the present invention to secure the locking-thread or lug-carrying members to the door and body in such manner that the strain thereof will be imparted directly to the integral part of the body and door, respectively, so that the door cannot be separated from its locking part in any known manner. To accomplish this pur- 5 pose in the present structure, the jamb 2 of the body 3 is provided with an annular recess L, although instead of an annular recess a series of pockets or independent recesses could be formed, which it is to be understood is the 9 equivalent of an annular recess. In this recess is located a member 55, carrying on its outer periphery or face locking-surfaces 6, shown in the present instance as interrupted threads 7 This member 5, shown herein in the form of a ring, usually comprisingtwo or more sections or members in order to permit the same to be readily inserted in its recess, may be maintained in its recess in any suitable way as, for instance, by bolts 31 passing therethrough and projecting into softmetal inserts located at the bottom of said recess.

. The door 8 is provided with a circular rearwardly-extending flange 9, which has a series of openings 10 passing therethrough, which have been made in those 7 structures heretofore patented by Henry D. Hibbard for the passage of locking-bolts. In the present instance, however, these openings receive tapered members 12, flanged or offset near their outer ends to insure a proper seating of the same and limit the inward movement thereof. These members preferably extend entirely through the openings in the door-flange, and each is provided with locking faces or threads 13, cooperating with the threads 7 of the members 5, seated in the recess of the jamb. For maintaining these members 12 in position soft metal, such as Babbitt metal, is poured around the same, thus completely filling the openings and rigidly locating the members in position. By means of this organization it will be seen that the strain upon these members is received and carried by the integral portions of the body and door, the side Walls of the recess in the body and side walls of the openings in the door-flange receiving such strain and positively preventing the separation of these members from the body or the door, except by breaking up of the metal,and especially is this true of that part of the doorflange at the inner side of the member 12, where the greatest strain would naturally come in any attempt to force the door out.

For limiting the outward movement of the members 12 a suitable plate 14: in the form of a ring is bolted to the inner ends or shanks 15 of these threaded members or bolts, such ring engaging the inner side of the flange. Separate plates might be used for'this purpose, if preferred. By this means the threaded members are drawn firmly into engagement with the side walls of the openings in the door-flange or the Babbitt metal, as the case may be. The members 12 are shown provided with projecting portions against which the inner edge of the ring 1 1 abuts.

Suitable means are provided for preventing the rotation of the door after it is properly seated in its jamb, and which means comprises in the present instance a set of lockingbolts 20, automatically throw n and retracted by some suitable automatically-operative means. One form of a means adapted for this purpose is shown and described in the said Hibbard application hereinbefore referred to, and further description therefore is not deemed necessary herein, except to say that in the present instance the bolts are located intermediate the machineable-metal thread-carrying members or bolts 12 and the body of the door, Working between a pair of back plates 16 and 17, the back or supporting plate 16 being shown fixedly secured in position by frictional engagement with a circular recess formed in the inner wall of the door. The bolts are connected to an operating-disk 18, mounted on a stud 19 of the plate 16. The back plate 17 is chambered or cup-shaped, and is fixedly secured in the recess formed by the door-flange. The chamber of this back plate carries the automatic or time lock, which controls the disk 18 to which the bolts .are connected. The chamber of the back plate 17 is closed by a suitable cap 21.

The door of the safe is supported by a suitable hinge 22, to which is attached a cupshaped or flanged plate 23 by means of pivots 24. The flange 25 of this plate overlaps a flange 26, formed on the door, and to which it is secured to permit the door to be'rotated. The flange 26 is provided with or carries a rack 27 in engagement with a pinion 28 provided in the plate 23, the outer end of which is squared, and by means of which on the rotation thereof by a suitable crank the. door is turned. To prevent the opening of the door during the noon hour or in the morningafter the running down of the time-lock, a combination-lock mechanism may be provided,

organized to dog the flange of the door or other suitable part as may be found desirable.

We claim as our invention 1. A safe or vault door having a rearwardlyextending circular flange provided with openings, and a member fixedly secured in each of said openings and provided on its periphery with locking-faces.

2. A safe or vault door having a rearwardlyextending circular flange provided with openings, and a tapered member fixedly secured in each of said openings and provided on its periphery with locking-faces.

3. A safe or vault door having a rearwardlyextending circular flange provided with openings, and a member fixedly secured in each of said openings and provided on its periphery with threads.

4c. A safe or vault door having a rearwardlyextending circular flange provided with openings, and a tapered and flanged member fixedly secured in each of said openings and provided on its periphery with threads.

5. A safe or vault door formed of unmachineable or non-workable metal and comprising a body and a rearWardly-extending circular flange, the latter having openings-and machineable members fitted into said openings and each provided with locking-faces on its periphery.

6. A safe or vault door having a rearwardlyextending circularflange provided with open-v ings, a series of members fixedly secured therein and provided with locking-faces, and means for maintaining said members in position.

7. A safe or vault door having a plurality of separated openings communicating with the edge and with the interior of such door, and a member fixedly secured in each of such openings between the integrallyeonnected walls of the door and provided on its outer edge with locking means.

8. A safe or vault door having a plurality of separated openings communicating with the edge of the door and with the interior thereof, one member located in each of such openings and provided on its periphery with lookingfaces, and means for maintaining each of said members fixedly in position.

9. A safe or vault door havinga flange provided with openings, a member fixedly secured in each of said openings and provided on its periphery with locking-faces, and means for maintaining said member in position and comprising a plate fixed to said member and overlapping the flange of the door.

10. A safe or vault comprising a body and a rotary door, having cooperating locking means, said door being formed as an integral structure of non-workable or unmachineable metal, and having an inwardly-extending circular flange having openings therethrough its locking means comprising members formed of .machineable metal fixedly secured one in each of said openings, so that the strains thereon will be received directly by integral portions of the door at the inner sides of such members.

11. A safe or vault comprising an integral body and a rotary integral door, having eooperating, interrupted loching means, said door having a rearwardly-extending circular flange provided with openings therethrough, its locking means comprising members fixedly secured one in each of said openings.

12. A safe or vault door of unmachineable metal and a part of machineable metal, said machineable-metal part being located in an opening formed in the door and maintained in position by a surrounding filling of metal and having locking faces or threads on its periphery.

13. A safe or vault door of unmachineable metal having a flange provided with openings therein and a part of machineable metal located in each of said openings and having locking-faces projecting beyond the edge of the door, said parts extending radially of the door.

14. A safe or vault door of unmachineable metal having a flange provided with openings therein and a part of machineable metal located in each of said openings and having locking-faces projecting beyond the edge of the door, said parts extending radially of the door and a filling of metal located around said machineable-metal parts :for fixedly securing such parts in their openings.

15. A safe or vault door of unmachineable metal having a flange provided with openings therein and a part of machineable metal located in each of said openings and having locking-faces projecting beyond the edge of the door, said parts extending radially of the door and means for maintaining said parts in their openings.

16. A safe or vault door of unmachineable metal having a flange provided with openings therein and a part of machineable metal located in each of said openings and having locking-faces projecting beyond the edge of the door, 'said parts extending radially of the door, and plates fixed to said parts for maintaining said parts in position.

17. A safe or vault comprising a body and a door having a flange and each formed as an integral structure of unmachineable or nonworkable metal, said body having a recess in the jamb thereof, and members located in said recess and provided on their outer faces with locking-faces, and said door having openings extending through the flange thereof, and a member projecting through each of said openings and carrying on its outer periphery locking-faees.

18. A safe or vault comprising a body and a door having a flange and each formed as an integral structure of unmachineable or nonworkable metal, said body having an annular recess in the jamb thereof, and members fitting into said recess and provided on their outer faces with locking-faces, and said door having openings extending through the flange thereof, a member projecting through each of said openings and carrying on its outer periphery locking-faces, and means for maintaining the members in position.

19. A safe or vault comprising a body and a door, each formed as an integral structure of unmachineable or non-workable metal, said body having a recess in its jamb and said door having a flange provided with openings extending therethrough, and members formed of machineable metal located in said recess and in the openings of said flange and provided with cooperating threads.

20. A safe or vault comprising a body and a door, each formed as an integral structure of unmachineable or non-workable metal, said body having a recess in its jamb and said door havinga flange provided with openings extending therethrough, members formed of machineable metal located in said recess and in the openings of said flange and provided with locking-faces and means for maintaining the members located in said flange-openings in position.

21. A safe or vault comprising a. body and a door, each formed of unmachineable or nonworkable metal, said body having a recess and said door having a flange provided with openings extending therethrough,members formed of machineable metal located in said recess and in the openings of said flange and provided with locking-faces, and means for maintaining the members located in said flangeopenings in position and comprising a filling of metal.

22. A safe or vault comprising a body and a door, each formed of unmachineable or nonworkable metal, said body having a recess and said door having a flange provided with openings extending therethrough,rnembers formed of machineable metal located in said recess and in the openings of said flange and provided with locking-faces, means for maintaining the members located in said flange-openings in position and comprising a filling of metal, and a clamping-plate bolted to said members and overlapping the wall of the flange.

23. A safe or vault body provided with locking-faces and a door having a flange provided with openings, and a radially-located member fixedly secured in each of said openings and provided with locking-faces on its exterior cooperating with the locking-faces carried by the body.

24. An integral safe or vault door comprising a body formed of unmachineable or nonworkable metal having a flange provided with openings, and members formed of machineable metal located in said openings and having locking-faces on their exterior, and means located between said members and the body of the door for preventing rotation of said door.

25. A safe or vault comprising an integral body formed of unmachineable metal and an integral door likewise formed of unmachineable metal and having a flange provided with openings therein, members formed of machineable metal located in said openings and having locking-faces on their exterior; and means adapted to engage the integral body of the safe for preventing the rotation of the door and also effective to assist in preventingthe withdrawal of the door except by rotation.

26. A safe or vault door comprising a body formed of unmachineable or non-workable metal having a flange provided with openings, members formed of machineable metal located in said openings and having locking-faces on their exterior, and means located between said members and the door-body for preventing rotation of said door, and comprising a plurality of bolts, and means for operating said bolts.

27. A safe or vault door comprising anintegral body and flange, and a chambered back plate located in said flange and adapted to carry locking mechanism. i

28. A safe or vault door comprising an integralbody and flange, and a chambered back plate located within saidflange and adapted to carry a locking mechanism and a cover for the chamber of said back plate.

29. A safe or vault door comprising a body and a flange, a plate carried thereby within said flange, a chambered back plate also carried by said flange, and means located between said back plates for locking the door in position.

30. A safe or vault door comprising a body and a flange, a pair of back plates located Within said flange one having a chamber for the reception of a time-lock, bolts for locking the door in position, and means located between said back plates for operating said bolts.

Signed at Nos. 9 to 15 Murray street, New York, N. Y., on the 29th day of July, 1903.

HENRY D. HIBBARD. W'ILBUR MAOEY STONE.

Witnesses:

CHESTER A. WEED, ABRAM PINKERTON.. 

